Sirens have just been sounded in the Alpes-Maritimes department. “This is part of the red ORSEC plan,” says Prefect Bernard Gonzalez.
“It had been a very long time since the department had been placed on red alert. These sirens mean that this Saturday evening, it is dangerous to be outside, to be in your vehicle.
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“The traffic lanes are still viable late this afternoon. You have to take the opportunity to go home and stay confined.”
Since Friday 9:30 pm, the prefecture’s operational centre has been at work. Heavy rains are expected until 3 a.m.
Air and train traffic is currently paralysed. The A8 motorway remains cut off between Fréjus and Antibes. “We hope for a break in the second half of the night,” says Jean-Gabriel Delacroy, Chief of Staff of the Prefect.